The MATHEW surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	9,311	3509	0.003	34
United States (1880 census)	2,036	2945	0.004	41
Change since 1880	+7275	-564	-0.001	-7
Other Countries
Australia	345	4584	0.002	21
United Kingdom	598	7811	0.001	13

Top States for MATHEW by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New York	1,576	1104	0.008	83
Texas	1,571	1522	0.008	75
Illinois	806	1518	0.006	65
Pennsylvania	738	1942	0.006	60
California	653	4329	0.002	19
Top States for MATHEW by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New York	1,576	1104	0.008	83
Texas	1,571	1522	0.008	75
New Jersey	620	1395	0.007	74
Illinois	806	1518	0.006	65
Alaska	38	2196	0.006	61

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MATHEW live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MATHEW represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MATHEW in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MATHEW by picking someone at random in New York than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MATHEW

Region of origin: Asia

Country of origin: India

Language of origin: Hindi

Religious origin: Hindu

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MATHEW surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MATHEW in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	464	4.98
Mixed Race	455	4.89
White (Hispanic)	173	1.86
Native American/Alaskan	83	0.89
Asian/Pacific	6,317	67.84
White (Caucasian)	1,819	19.54

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MATHEW surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to MATHEW

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MATHEW.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.